To join an email list before
1986, users had to wait for someone
to painstakingly adjust the code to
include them. For Eric Thomas, that
was too uncomputerized for a computerized system. So he created listserv, the first automated email-list-management soft ware. It’s still used
to send group emails, though a lot
more of them— 30 million emails
are sent using listserv each day, a
huge leap from 25 years ago, when
electronic mail was just taking off.

sunday

1223

by rachel z. arndt

INFoGRAPHIC BY lIZ ME YER

The Tony a Wards

Of the 42 shows on the
Broadway stage this season,
a total of 26 are based on
Hollywood productions or
star a Tinseltown celebrity.
“They’re joined at the hip,”
says Broadway League director Charlotte St. Martin of the
stage and screen meccas.
Star power goes a long way:
Al Pacino’s turn in The Merchant of Venice is the biggest
success among this season’s
new shows with $21 million in
sales, followed by Driving
Miss Daisy’s $14 million,
anchored by Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones.
As this year’s awards are
handed out in New York,
will the silver-screen stars
get any respect? “If you look
at award-winning shows,
there’s rarely a big name,”
says St. Martin. Lots of luck,
Pacino. —Suzy Evans

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